(Archived document, may contain errors) 6/29/88 207 ANGOLA'S FREEDOM FIGHTERS: WHY THEY MERIT U.S. AID A s Jonas Savimbi, President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), visits Washington this week for the first time since th e United States resumed U.S. military assistance to his freedom fighters two years ago, events are moving on several fronts that will affect the future of his struggle:
(Archived document, may contain errors) 633 i I A February 12 1988 IN SOUTHERN AF'RICA, THE STATE DEPARTMENT BETS. AGAINST .THE REAGAN DOCTRINE INTRODUCTION Africa has been the key testing ground in the struggle between the Rea gan Doctrine's support for resistance forces fighting Soviet-backed communist regimes and the Brezhnev Doctrine's insistence on the irreversibility of communist gains.
For many years, Jonas Savimbi, was known for his charisma, charm and brio. Now, 30 years later, having discovered the truth about Savimbi, Fred Bridgland sets the record straight in his new book.
It is estimated that 20,000 people comprising mainly doctors, engineers and teachers were summarily executed by the MPLA after the alleged attempted coup. Their guests, the ANC, got entangled in the madness in Angola and had their own casualties.